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that the pentagon didn't have before and was not considered appropriate for the pentagon to have before. >> narrator: buried deep inside the pentagon bureaucracy, rumsfeld anointed jsoc with power and money. >> macgregor: one of the reasons that secretary rumsfeld became very enamored of special operations forces was the readiness of special operations forces to deploy and do what they were asked to do, whereas the army presented resistance. >> narrator: jsoc began a systematic series of capture and targeted killing operations. one by one, they aimed for al qaeda leaders wherever they found them. ( explosions ) using conventional war authorities, they did it all with less oversight than the cia. >> clarke: so, in the past, covert action was done by cia, the president had to approve covert action and notify the congress. now, a lot of what looks like the same sort of thing-- covert action-- is done by jsoc. now, they say when they do it, it's not covert action; it's a military operation. so the president does not by law have to approve every operation, and the intelligence committees are
that the pentagon didn't have before and was not considered appropriate for the pentagon to have before. >> narrator: buried deep inside the pentagon bureaucracy, rumsfeld anointed jsoc with power and money. >> macgregor: one of the reasons that secretary rumsfeld became very enamored of special operations forces was the readiness of special operations forces to deploy and do what they were asked to do, whereas the army presented resistance. >> narrator: jsoc began a...
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he also alerted the pentagon that they may have a security breach. lamo was nervous and felt trapped. >> there was no correct option; there was only the least incorrect one. either way, i would have been screwing somebody over. >> i had to pick who. there was no option to just sit back and wash my hands of the responsibility, because that, in and of itself, would have been a making a choice. >> smith: lamo then called a reporter he knew at wired.com. >> he called me to tell me that he that he had a meeting set up the next day with the fbi and the army, because he was turning in somebody who'd contacted him online and confessed to passing classified information to... to someone he described as a foreign national. >> smith: poulsen convinced lamo to hand him a copy of the chat, and then asked a colleague to follow up on any leads. >> we went through the chat logs and we looked at what else he mentioned. tyler watkins was named in the chat logs. >> smith: zetter called watkins. he told her about a conversation he'd had with manning during manning's janu
he also alerted the pentagon that they may have a security breach. lamo was nervous and felt trapped. >> there was no correct option; there was only the least incorrect one. either way, i would have been screwing somebody over. >> i had to pick who. there was no option to just sit back and wash my hands of the responsibility, because that, in and of itself, would have been a making a choice. >> smith: lamo then called a reporter he knew at wired.com. >> he called me to...
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in part because the pentagon's view, the u.s. military's view of any kind of intervention like this is if you send u.s. troops in you better be sending them in to make a point that no one in the world is ever going to miss. so when the president says we are there to send a warning shot, the pentagon says we don't do warning shots. we do something to make it clear that you don't cross the u.s. military again. gwen: they don't do humanitarian missions either. >> they will if that is the sole mission, but in libya before ben zpwazz -- benghazi and all that that was considered a success not simply because they protected the people of benghazi but because in the end, the government failed and dempsey had to say i can't tell you if it's going to make a difference on the ground. gwen: we have a big speech tuesday night. the president is going to make his case again, hopefully for a larger all of a sudden. what does he have to do? how much are people hanging on his powers of persuasion tuesday night? >> very much. lawmakers of both parti
in part because the pentagon's view, the u.s. military's view of any kind of intervention like this is if you send u.s. troops in you better be sending them in to make a point that no one in the world is ever going to miss. so when the president says we are there to send a warning shot, the pentagon says we don't do warning shots. we do something to make it clear that you don't cross the u.s. military again. gwen: they don't do humanitarian missions either. >> they will if that is the...
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the pentagon has a different policy. what they say is that they've developed these force-feeding protocols from the federal bureau of prisons years ago when they were first confronted with the hunger strikes. so there are international human rights and medical organizations that say what the u.s. is doing down there, feeding them twice a day with these tubes tethered up their nose, down the back of their throat and into their stomach, twice a day, there are organizations that say this is wrong, that they should be allowed to choose to starve to death if they want to. >> suarez: recently there was a raid in the prison itself. what were the conditions that prevailed in the so-called communal areas? what had the authorities at guantanamo allowed life to become for many of the detainees? >> this raid took place in the show case communal prison, camp 6. this was a place where... which was closest to a p.o.w. camp than anything that had ever existed at guantanamo. detainees lived in groups of 10, 12, maybe 18 at a time. they a
the pentagon has a different policy. what they say is that they've developed these force-feeding protocols from the federal bureau of prisons years ago when they were first confronted with the hunger strikes. so there are international human rights and medical organizations that say what the u.s. is doing down there, feeding them twice a day with these tubes tethered up their nose, down the back of their throat and into their stomach, twice a day, there are organizations that say this is wrong,...
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to the pentagon, it's complicated as it is right now. all drone strikes in pakistan are conducted by the c.i.a. all drone strikes in somalia are conducted in pentagon although there hasn't been a drone strike in 15 months and drone strikes in yemen are conducted by the c.i.a. or the pentagon. >> rose: was that going to change? >> well, the problem is that under u.s. law you can not acknowledge covert actions conducted by the c.i.a. so, for example, in pakistan, the united states has creeded its strategic communications plan to the pakistani taliban and the pakistani army who allow some really tremendous misinformation to persist because when the u.s. ambassador is asked repeatedly to articulate what is the u.s. strategy for drone strikes in the tribal areas he can't say anything. so if these were shifted to the military we know how the military conducts operations. we mow the doctrine which it's based upon. we know the military tries to prevent civilian harm with the use of air strikes. we can't know how the c.i.a. does that because we c
to the pentagon, it's complicated as it is right now. all drone strikes in pakistan are conducted by the c.i.a. all drone strikes in somalia are conducted in pentagon although there hasn't been a drone strike in 15 months and drone strikes in yemen are conducted by the c.i.a. or the pentagon. >> rose: was that going to change? >> well, the problem is that under u.s. law you can not acknowledge covert actions conducted by the c.i.a. so, for example, in pakistan, the united states has...
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. >> chuck hagel and the battle for the pentagon. >> the good news is, for the verse time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together. >> the immigration problem. has somebody been reading exit polls? >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> also, the fight over gonds. >> law-abiding gun owners will not accept the blame for acts of violence or deranged criminals. >> the word on hillary in 2016. will she or won't she? >> i have no plans to run. >> thursday was not a good day for chuck hagel, president obama's tourist to be his next defense secretary. his old friend and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain jump all over hagel for opposing the surge in iraq. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the search would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong. and you are free to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a y
. >> chuck hagel and the battle for the pentagon. >> the good news is, for the verse time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together. >> the immigration problem. has somebody been reading exit polls? >> too many children are dying. too many children. >> also, the fight over gonds. >> law-abiding gun owners will not accept the blame for acts of violence or deranged criminals. >> the word on hillary in 2016. will...
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i don't think woe learned a lot about that or why the pentagon was so ill prepared, had no forces in region on the anniversary of 9/11. but, you know, i think it was largely a political exercise for republicans trying-- they know who she is, and what her broader aspirations are likely to be. and they tried to rebuke her, and i think she handled herds pretty deftly under the circumstances. and she, for example, defended susan rice while at the same time suddenly distancing herself from ambassador rice's comment. >> rose: basically saying we don't know. is that what she said? >> well what, she said was ambassador rice shouldn't be faulted for saying the attack was sort of stemmed from a protest in front of compound, but then she pointed out she, secretary which the, had not in fact made such assertions and from the beginning blamed it on militants. i think her statement was pretty carefully prepared. and, again, she starts off by take responsibility and saying she's implementing all of the recommendations but she makes clear she didn't see the numerous cables that came in. that was the
i don't think woe learned a lot about that or why the pentagon was so ill prepared, had no forces in region on the anniversary of 9/11. but, you know, i think it was largely a political exercise for republicans trying-- they know who she is, and what her broader aspirations are likely to be. and they tried to rebuke her, and i think she handled herds pretty deftly under the circumstances. and she, for example, defended susan rice while at the same time suddenly distancing herself from...
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>> well, i think he -- the pentagon scrambling to figure out how it should respond. they're realizing this is a systemic problem not an isolated case-by-case that they have a real difficulty here in prosecuting, identifying sexual assault cases, handling victims, 18 people feel comfortable with reporting these sort of crimes so what he did last night is he announced that the pentagon is going to retrain, rescreen, recredential all 9,000 sexual assault prevention officers in the military as well as 20,000 recruiters. and i think the attempt to s to make sure no other people with problematic backgrounds are in those jobs. >> warner: you reported that military recruiters there have been problems involving them and very young women. >> there was a case in maryland where an army recruiter was involved in a murder/suicide with a young woman. he was recruiting her for the army. there was a case in alaska just this month where someone was found guilty in a marine -- and the marine jury gave him no jail time and the pentagon doesn't track these cases in terms of statistics so
>> well, i think he -- the pentagon scrambling to figure out how it should respond. they're realizing this is a systemic problem not an isolated case-by-case that they have a real difficulty here in prosecuting, identifying sexual assault cases, handling victims, 18 people feel comfortable with reporting these sort of crimes so what he did last night is he announced that the pentagon is going to retrain, rescreen, recredential all 9,000 sexual assault prevention officers in the military...
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and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national security interests. it is not something we can wash our hands from. and there are serious dangers and implications to the united states and the president actually to ask its national security team for realistic options that then he request gather his team and debate and decide about. there hasn't, i think, been a serious debate even within the united states government as to what might be our three top options what are the costs and benefits of each. and if we were to pursue one of them, how would we do it. >> is there a legitimate argument that this destabilizes turkey to some degree, an important country to the united states, and a nato ally, andrew. >> absolutely. thousands of syrians go over the border into turkey every day. and it's very easy for pkk fighters, kurdish fighters to meld into those refugees, to go across the border and ca
and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national security interests. it is not something we can wash our hands from. and there are serious dangers and implications to the united states and the president actually to ask its national security team for realistic options that then he request gather his...
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why hasn't the pentagon tried to beat senators like gillibrand to the punch? certainly they don't want the fate to be in the hands of what congress does or does not do to them? have they been trying to defuse this issue? >> they certainly have put in new measures and the pentagon is trying to be proactive on this. can i just go back to the picture on the hill? all male senior leaders. the optics of that say so much of that about the senior leadership of the military in general. i think that's why you have so much pushback from someone like senator gillibrand, too, who says basically, you don't get it. to me one fundamental problem here, though, they have horrible data. the 26,000 number of sexual assaults could really be anything from a pat on the rear end to rape. they've got to get better data. gwen: and yet has support from people like senator cruz and senator paul all across the board. it's not just a women's issue or a democratic issue either. >> it can't just be a women's issue or they'll never solve it. gwen: that's a nice point of view but not wrong. t
why hasn't the pentagon tried to beat senators like gillibrand to the punch? certainly they don't want the fate to be in the hands of what congress does or does not do to them? have they been trying to defuse this issue? >> they certainly have put in new measures and the pentagon is trying to be proactive on this. can i just go back to the picture on the hill? all male senior leaders. the optics of that say so much of that about the senior leadership of the military in general. i think...
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you were at the pentagon, how confident are they in the enforcement of the deal? >> nobody can be confident yet. the deal covers all the bases. it talks about verification. it talks about disposal. it sets tight deadlines. it gives access to the inspecting votes. on paper it's really good t. problem is you never know how any of this works until you go into the field. you will be doing this in a country that's at war. there are a lot of different sites. they all have different types of weapons. until you actually get there, you don't know what methods of disposal you are going to use. you don't know the problems in moving them if you are going to take them out of the country. you don't even know the technical way to do it. then you run up against the problem of exactly how many are there? can you really do challenge inspection? will he try to hide some? >> so, let's say, best case scenario, the chemical weapons are removed off the table, what about all of the other weapons that the assad regime will still retain that might have been taken out had there been a milit
you were at the pentagon, how confident are they in the enforcement of the deal? >> nobody can be confident yet. the deal covers all the bases. it talks about verification. it talks about disposal. it sets tight deadlines. it gives access to the inspecting votes. on paper it's really good t. problem is you never know how any of this works until you go into the field. you will be doing this in a country that's at war. there are a lot of different sites. they all have different types of...
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for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is time for policy to catch up with reality. that was the message that leon panetta said today as he lifted a ban on women serving in combat. acknowledge in the sacrifices which have already been made by both sexes, he talked of a future where everyone would be given the opportunity to serve in front line rolls. what's the next greatest generation will be one of men and women who will fight and die together to protect this nation. that is what freedom is all about. >> leon panetta there. what do these changes mean and how does the u.s. military compare with other countries like brita
for the first time, the pentagon allows american women to serve in combat roles. britain, germany, and the netherlands are to their citizens to get out of benghazi, libya in response to an imminent threat against westerners. >> just touched a button. it hands you the picture. >> it brought us a new age of instant photography. tonight, we focus on the man whose polaroids help capture our lives in real time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe....
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. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hearings. >> good evening from washington. in a few moments, we're going to bring you the entire proceedings in the first day of the senate watergate hearings. >> we are running it all each day because we think these hearings are important. we are doing this as an experiment to give you the whole story, however many hours it may take. >> woodruff: 40 years after the scandal that brought down an american president. robert macneil and jim lehrer reflect on watergate's legacy and the gavel-to-gavel coverage that gave rise to the program you're watching tonight. >> public television was doing something that commercial networks, for all their brilliance in news, wouldn't and couldn't do. >> that was before there were things
. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hearings. >> good evening from washington. in a few moments, we're going to bring you the entire proceedings...
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to the d.o.d., to the pentagon. because it's linked to the transition in afghanistan, it ill remain at least possibly not in the y 2014 afghan theater. so perhaps that -- if that had been announce as the change it would have affected the substance. >> does it plaque a difference who is dropping the drones? they're still dropping, right? >> it does make a difference of the it makes it far more transparent and the rules of the game change. there is more accountability in oversight than presently because it's run by the c.i.a. >> there is a new civilian leadership in pakistan. how does that change things with relationship to washington's program? because we're not sure if sharif is as committed add -- as his predecessor >> i don't think it's a matter of the new leadership not being committed because after all, the drone attacks have been carried out under the previous government, which was very sympathetic to american concerns. certainly sharif, while he appears to be a little softer in his rhetoric at least toward the
to the d.o.d., to the pentagon. because it's linked to the transition in afghanistan, it ill remain at least possibly not in the y 2014 afghan theater. so perhaps that -- if that had been announce as the change it would have affected the substance. >> does it plaque a difference who is dropping the drones? they're still dropping, right? >> it does make a difference of the it makes it far more transparent and the rules of the game change. there is more accountability in oversight...
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it wasn't until members of congress started to ask questions, or senior officials in the pentagon said, hey, wait, why hasn't this been looked at mour thoroughly, and an article in the "washington post" that helped lead them to order this investigation. >> let's go back a moment. this wasn't the first incident at this base. >> certainly not. there was an incident called "the burning man" incident where an afghan translator working for british forces tried to drive a van, and rammed a plane carrying leon panetta. and when he missed, he almost ran over general gargganus, who later on told an untruth to reporters who were on the plane with panetta, saying there was no real incident. that translator drove his van into a ditch and tried to light himself on fire. there was already a heightened concern about attacks on that base. >> security bases in afghanistan a different ball of wax than other places we've been in part because of the ongoing withdrawal of the troops? >> it certainly complicates the matter. as troops are being reduced, and yet bases remain open, there is a need to protect t
it wasn't until members of congress started to ask questions, or senior officials in the pentagon said, hey, wait, why hasn't this been looked at mour thoroughly, and an article in the "washington post" that helped lead them to order this investigation. >> let's go back a moment. this wasn't the first incident at this base. >> certainly not. there was an incident called "the burning man" incident where an afghan translator working for british forces tried to...
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among other things, he is likely to face questions about the pentagon's looming budget crisis. automatic spending cuts set to take effect march 1 mean the defense department will have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half a trillion dollars over the next decade. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. >> holman: outgoing defense secretary leon panetta recently sounded the alarm at the prospect of looming budget cuts. >> the most immediate threat to our ability to achieve our mission is fiscal uncertainty. >> holman: that damage could be felt soon. thousands of the pentagon's civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks as early as april, according to deputy secretary of defense ashton carter. >> so if the new secretary is confirmed by march 1, the first fight, before he even finds the men's room at the pentagon, is going to be, how do i negotiate with the congress on behalf of my interests in the bigger context of the budget? >> holman: gordon adams was the top white house budget official for national security during the clinton administration,
among other things, he is likely to face questions about the pentagon's looming budget crisis. automatic spending cuts set to take effect march 1 mean the defense department will have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half a trillion dollars over the next decade. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. >> holman: outgoing defense secretary leon panetta recently sounded the alarm at the prospect of looming budget cuts. >> the most immediate threat to our ability to...
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and the pentagon have both had programs in yemen. so there's been a certain redundancy in these operations and what we've -- what we heard both the president say yesterday and other aides to the president talk about on background was this need to sort of shift more of the resources to the pentagon. although it should be pointed out that the c.i.a.'s not entirely giving up its part or its aspect of the drone program. >> brown: so what would this mean for the c.i.a. in terms of how hard it would be to transition back to more of an intelligence-gathering from what i gather has really developed into more of a paramilitary service. >> right. so for nearly 12 years, the c.i.a. has been in many ways almost singularly focused on counterterrorism capturing, killing, interrogating. and these are very paramilitary functions that the c.i.a. has been deeply involved in. this is maybe just the beginning of a shift back towards more traditional espionage operations and also the strategic analysis that the c.i.a. has done in the past. now, as i writ
and the pentagon have both had programs in yemen. so there's been a certain redundancy in these operations and what we've -- what we heard both the president say yesterday and other aides to the president talk about on background was this need to sort of shift more of the resources to the pentagon. although it should be pointed out that the c.i.a.'s not entirely giving up its part or its aspect of the drone program. >> brown: so what would this mean for the c.i.a. in terms of how hard it...
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. >> this is clearly a management issue in the pentagon, although i admire how mark was able to blame it on the gop, which i would remind you, is not in office right now. we had an abrupt change in policy. obama announced in december 2009 that we will be out. when you do that, you have to consider construction projects. that did not happen. >> did you blame the gop? >> i do not think i did. general position is crucial. if you want to see it through the partisan prison, charles, then so be it. the filibusters are preventing the filling of the position of inspector general. we wasted more money in afghanistan and iraq than this. i will be glad when we are gone. >> that is the last word. thanks. see you next week. >>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue one, egypt erupts. >> i saw people killed around me. i saw my hand. i saw it. >> at least 55 people were killed and 435 wounded in cairo this week. egyptian troops opened fire on supporters of president mohommed morsi, who was ouste
. >> this is clearly a management issue in the pentagon, although i admire how mark was able to blame it on the gop, which i would remind you, is not in office right now. we had an abrupt change in policy. obama announced in december 2009 that we will be out. when you do that, you have to consider construction projects. that did not happen. >> did you blame the gop? >> i do not think i did. general position is crucial. if you want to see it through the partisan prison,...
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is the pentagon one of those uncutable agencies? >> well, the pentagon has seen its share of cuts. it's to the getting all of its money back. it's getting half of its money back this year. but there's also a commission dedicated to military pay and benefits which s you know, we talk about social security, that's almost nothing compared to cutting the benefits of our active duty an retired militarimen. and that commission is supposed to report next year. because entitlements, you know, retirement and health care is eating the pentagon alive as it is in so many other parts of the country. >> ifill: if this stays in place, is there any way to calculate how much the average retiree would have to pay extra? >> it's not-- it's what they don't get. so -- >> a little backwards. >> yes so, they would-- this year, for example, the cost-of-living increase was 1.5%. they would have seen a .5% increase instead of a 1.5% increase. and it can add up to real money. the union that represents military officers has said that this could be a hit of like 7 o-- $70,000, $100,000 if are you in that sort
is the pentagon one of those uncutable agencies? >> well, the pentagon has seen its share of cuts. it's to the getting all of its money back. it's getting half of its money back this year. but there's also a commission dedicated to military pay and benefits which s you know, we talk about social security, that's almost nothing compared to cutting the benefits of our active duty an retired militarimen. and that commission is supposed to report next year. because entitlements, you know,...
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saga and a debate about whether his actions were justified between daniel ellsberg, who leaked the "pentagon papers," and former attorney general michael mukasey. >> brown: then, we examine some good news about dementia, as two studies in europe show plummeting rates of disease, and sharper minds among the elderly. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the bitter standoff between walmart and washington, d.c.'s city council, part of a widening fight over paying workers a living wage. >> brown: from the asian nation
saga and a debate about whether his actions were justified between daniel ellsberg, who leaked the "pentagon papers," and former attorney general michael mukasey. >> brown: then, we examine some good news about dementia, as two studies in europe show plummeting rates of disease, and sharper minds among the elderly. >> ifill: judy woodruff looks at the bitter standoff between walmart and washington, d.c.'s city council, part of a widening fight over paying workers a living...
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and that we already have one pentagon. so why do we need the smaller secretive pentagon when we already have, you know, joint special operations command and that type of thing? the other danger is just the secrecy and the transparency and the lack of transparency is that if the default way where you go to war is in secret with fewer people able to see operations, signing off on operations, the greater danger that things could go badly. so that's i think part of the risk. >> charlie: who is nick mohammed. >> nick mohammed was a pakistani taliban leader who rose to prominence in 2004. he was sort of an enemy of the state of pakistan and was facilitating some of the al qaeda figures who were coming over the border from afghanistan into pakistan. >> charlie: facilitating meaning? >> meaning they were escaping the war in afghanistan... >> charlie: finding a safe place for them. >> he was working with them and he was running attacks around the tribal areas into greater part of pakistan and over the border into afghanistan. he en
and that we already have one pentagon. so why do we need the smaller secretive pentagon when we already have, you know, joint special operations command and that type of thing? the other danger is just the secrecy and the transparency and the lack of transparency is that if the default way where you go to war is in secret with fewer people able to see operations, signing off on operations, the greater danger that things could go badly. so that's i think part of the risk. >> charlie: who...
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so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned away from headstart because they can't afford to cover that many people. but it's not all going to be felt in one day. and frankly, people are so cynical about government and government spending that most people think, you know, either the politicians are going to solve this at the last minute, or it is not going to matter anyway. so you haven't -- the president has tried to gin up an emotional reaction in the country among his supporters, and i don't think that's really happened. >> to add to that, only 44 billion of the 85 billion in cuts will go into effect in 2013, amounting to about 0.6% of gdp
so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned...
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the newspaper cited confidential pentagon findings. and the founder of liberty reserve, an online currency transfer business, was indicted in new york on charges of laundering $6 billion worldwide. >> brown: online, is an advanced degree the ticket to a better job? hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: in today's "ask the headhunter" column, before spending time and money on a graduate degree, ask yourself and your employer, what is it worth to the business? the answer may surprise you. tonight's edition of "frontline" explores the journey of an alleged rape victim through pakistan's justice system. find a link to "outlawed in pakistan" on our web site. and chat with judy woodruff; she'll be taking your questions at 1:30 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. tweet them to us at newshour. find details on our homepage. all that and more is at www.newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and an editor's note before we go. in our last honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict, we aired the wrong picture for sergeant fi
the newspaper cited confidential pentagon findings. and the founder of liberty reserve, an online currency transfer business, was indicted in new york on charges of laundering $6 billion worldwide. >> brown: online, is an advanced degree the ticket to a better job? hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: in today's "ask the headhunter" column, before spending time and money on a graduate degree, ask yourself and your employer, what is it worth to the business? the...
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the pentagon has completed that review. with me now is deputy secretary of defense ashton carter who led it. welcome to the program. >> good to be here suarez: before we talk dollars and cents earlier in the program we talkd about the closure of foreign missions, the evacuation of american personnel. we've been pounding... the united states has been pounding al qaeda in the arabian peninsula from the air for years. how come they're still so able to launch attacks against american interests and assets. >> we have been pounding them for years. but we're taking the situation we face right now very seriously. you see that in the posture that we have. this problem of terrorism, you know, al qaeda and so forth, is something that is going to be part of our strategic future. that's one of the things we considered in the review. as long as there's human society. now there's always going to be the problem of the few against the many. so those of us who have the responsibility for security are always going to need to be concerned abou
the pentagon has completed that review. with me now is deputy secretary of defense ashton carter who led it. welcome to the program. >> good to be here suarez: before we talk dollars and cents earlier in the program we talkd about the closure of foreign missions, the evacuation of american personnel. we've been pounding... the united states has been pounding al qaeda in the arabian peninsula from the air for years. how come they're still so able to launch attacks against american...
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conversely, i talked to people in the pentagon. the lower in ranks you go, the more they like this guy. the more they like the sense that an enlisted man is going to run the building. if you can use that as a springboard he's facing immense challenges from sequestration to afghanistan to a nuclear iran but it's an opportunity for him to seize the moment. if he does, people will forget this pretty quickly i think. >> woodruff: what about the sour relations or whatever lingering effect there is from this loud vote of no confidence from republicans in the senate? does that affect his ability to do his job? >> i think the important thing for people to realize is it's a perceptions game. if he lets it bother him, it will. but conversely, if he doesn't and if he moves on out, i mean, senators today we're talking some are saying, this will wound him like senator graham of south carolina. others like the chairman of the committee senator levin said no it won't. we're all about tomorrow. we don't focus that much on the past. the truth is so
conversely, i talked to people in the pentagon. the lower in ranks you go, the more they like this guy. the more they like the sense that an enlisted man is going to run the building. if you can use that as a springboard he's facing immense challenges from sequestration to afghanistan to a nuclear iran but it's an opportunity for him to seize the moment. if he does, people will forget this pretty quickly i think. >> woodruff: what about the sour relations or whatever lingering effect...
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and then -- and then earlier this year when i was report a piece on syria somebody in the pentagon said to me this is the guy whose's running the war in syria. he's got a command post in damascus. he's got you know hezbollah at his disposal. >> rose: the president of colombia looking at al shabaab and dexter filkins when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> from our studios in new york city this is charlie captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the president of colombia juan manuel santos calderon is here. hewas elected in 2010 with 69% of the vote. he occupied an important positions in his government's cabinet before assuming the presidency. he served as colombia's minister of foreign trade as well as minister of finance and minister of defense. santos has waged a successful campaign against the rego-- regon most potent ebb rebel army now greatly diminished in strength. the government is holding peace conference with the rebels. at home he faces challenges. colombia has seen a s
and then -- and then earlier this year when i was report a piece on syria somebody in the pentagon said to me this is the guy whose's running the war in syria. he's got a command post in damascus. he's got you know hezbollah at his disposal. >> rose: the president of colombia looking at al shabaab and dexter filkins when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> from our studios in new york city this is charlie captioning sponsored by rose...
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the pentagon has said it would take as many as 70,000 troops on the ground to be able to get some certainty about control those weapons. we're talking about another full-scale war. >> brown: kori schake, feel free to respond to that, but i want to put it in the context of all what the congressman we heard in our setup talk about the american financial, the lack of an appetite, i think, of more intervention after 10 years. >> absolute, the american public is war weary, and they should be war weary. the problem is the syrian government is taking advantage of that war weariness to do truly atroacials, inhuman things. it's a war crime to use chemical weapons. right. so they are capitalizing on our desire, as president said, for the tide of war to be receding. unfortunately, we don't get to choose whether the tide of war is receding. the government of bashar al-assad is making that choice and the choice they have made is its to kill 80,000 of their own citizens, and the longer that we let this civil war burb on, the greater the likelihood that the rebels will take assistance wherever they can ge
the pentagon has said it would take as many as 70,000 troops on the ground to be able to get some certainty about control those weapons. we're talking about another full-scale war. >> brown: kori schake, feel free to respond to that, but i want to put it in the context of all what the congressman we heard in our setup talk about the american financial, the lack of an appetite, i think, of more intervention after 10 years. >> absolute, the american public is war weary, and they...
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question, will the new pentagon policy on women in combat adversely affect military readiness? yes or no. susan ferrechio. >> i think the jury is still out. it is interesting what some in the military have said, that it could be a problem, create tension on the front lines. i think what senator mccain said, if you read closely his comments, we still have to maintain our superlative status as a military, and we can't let policy changes get in the way. of course, i empathize with women who want to be on the front lines fighting but i think first and foremost we have to preserve our superior military and make sure this doesn't change that dynamic in some way, which it could. >> susan, did you see that list it of countries that now have women in this role? >> you've got the number one military in the role. not those countries. our military. >> because women are excluded? >> no, because we've managed to stay number one, and i'm saying we need to stay number one and not let policy changes get in the way. >> women have proven themselves on the battlefield in the nature of warfare in i
question, will the new pentagon policy on women in combat adversely affect military readiness? yes or no. susan ferrechio. >> i think the jury is still out. it is interesting what some in the military have said, that it could be a problem, create tension on the front lines. i think what senator mccain said, if you read closely his comments, we still have to maintain our superlative status as a military, and we can't let policy changes get in the way. of course, i empathize with women who...
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the pentagon said it would be self-demobilized. it would have been a big mistake to have called the army back. it would have led to the break up iraq. the kurds were very clear they would secede. when we did try to bring back a single battalion in april 2004, it went immediately over to the insurgency and started shooting at americans. it did not work. building the army from the bottom up -- a new army from the bottom up -- was the right path. today, the iraqi army is the most respected institution in the country. >> when you look back your tenure in baghdad, it was a difficult time. are you proud of what you did? >> i am satisfied. proud is probably going to far. i think that the 3000 civilians who work in the cpa from 25 different countries have a lot to be satisfied with what we did. the most important thing was helping the iraqis create the most progressive and liberal constitution anywhere in the arab world. >> thank you very much, and thank you for your candid responses. >> nice to be with you. >> after hours of debate, the p
the pentagon said it would be self-demobilized. it would have been a big mistake to have called the army back. it would have led to the break up iraq. the kurds were very clear they would secede. when we did try to bring back a single battalion in april 2004, it went immediately over to the insurgency and started shooting at americans. it did not work. building the army from the bottom up -- a new army from the bottom up -- was the right path. today, the iraqi army is the most respected...
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in beijing, the assistant foreign minister did not directly address the allegations, made in a pentagon report. instead, he said china opposes all cyber-attacks and has promised to work with the u.s. to fight them. the first same-sex wedding was performed in france today, under a new national law making it legal. we have a report narrated by cordelia lynch of "independent television news." >> reporter: they say it's a victory of love over hate. a kiss that changes france forever. vincent autin and bruno boileau- the first same-sex couple to marry there. it is the emotion you expect to see. but this was a wedding packed with strangers. >> ( translated ): nothing is more beautiful than love. we have to love in our society. it's hard enough as it is. so i beg you, love yourselves, love us, let's love each other. because it's important. >> reporter: but before they wed, they faced the voices of those who disagree. their union in montpellier has split their country. and these images may not mark the end of months of demonstrations and political rows. unlike the u.k., the debate is explosive
in beijing, the assistant foreign minister did not directly address the allegations, made in a pentagon report. instead, he said china opposes all cyber-attacks and has promised to work with the u.s. to fight them. the first same-sex wedding was performed in france today, under a new national law making it legal. we have a report narrated by cordelia lynch of "independent television news." >> reporter: they say it's a victory of love over hate. a kiss that changes france...